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February 27, 2019 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

Russia is doing many sensible things on a bilateral basis in its attempt to become one of the two main independent poles in Eurasia – the other pole, […]

Jeff Schubert

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasian Partnership, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
December 11, 2018 Open Forum
The Last Asian Frontier? A Comparison of the Economic Cooperation Agendas of China, Japan, and South Korea with Uzbekistan

China, Japan and South Korea have regarded Central Asia (CA) as a new, and perhaps the last, Asian frontier in their foreign policies after the collapse of the […]

Timur Dadabaev

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Arc of Freedom and Prosperity, Eurasian Economic Union, Islam Karimov, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Xinjiang
November 10, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

In his negative scenario 1, Ivan Zuenko reviewed several possible factors that could substantially worsen Sino-Russian relations in general, including activation of latent Chinese claims to Russian territory […]

Richard Weitz

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Shavkat Mirziyoyev
December 28, 2016 Review Article
NBR’s Strategic Asia Volumes at the End of an Era

Ashley J. Tellis, Abraham M. Denmark, and Greg Chaffin, eds., Strategic Asia 2014-15, US Alliances and Partnerships at the Center of Global Power (Seattle & Washington, DC: The […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Australia, burden-sharing, comfort women, Duterte, GSOMIA, India, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, Maritime Silk Road, Modi, Mongolia, Najib, northern triangle, Philippines, realpolitik, rise of China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Six-Party Talks. Russian Far East, South China Sea, strategic culture, Taiwan, THAAD, Thailand, trilateralism, Trump administration
December 20, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2016)

During the fall of 2016, Chinese experts continued to evaluate Sino-Russian and Sino-US relations. They drew attention to Japan’s “Taiwan faction,” assessed strengthening Japanese-Australian relations, and analyzed South […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Australia, Balance of power, BRICS, color revolutions, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, FTAAP, G20, Global Financial Crisis, great power relations, India, Iran nuclear deal, isolationism, middle power diplomacy One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accord, rebalance, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Senkaku Islands, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Sphere of influence, Taiwan, TPP, Tsai Ing-wen
December 16, 2016 Open Forum
Caught Between Two Big Powers? Central Asia Under the Weight of Russian and Chinese Influence

In 1991, the Soviet Union’s collapse reshaped the East/West problematic as it had emerged after World War II. Inside Soviet space, a number of cultural elements distinguished the […]

Sebastien Peyrouse

Afghanistan, Arab Spring, Armenia, authoritarianism, banking, Belarus, Central Asia, Collective Security Treaty Organization, colonialism, colored revolutions, Crimea, drug trafficking, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Georgia, Islam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, migration, NATO, One Belt One Road, Putin, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Territorial Disputes, terrorism, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
November 24, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2016)

Noteworthy in the fall of 2016 has been the increase in articles about the Russo-Japanese relationship. They accompanied the Eastern Economic Forum meeting of Putin and Abe and […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Crimea, Eurasian Economic Commission, Eurasian Economic Union, European Union, G7, Kuril Islands, NATO, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
September 22, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

China-Russia relations appear to have gained considerable momentum in recent years. A think tank report published this year, co-authored by Russian and Chinese experts, argues that, in the […]

Brian G. Carlson

Eurasian Economic Union, One Belt One Road, Power of Siberia, Russia Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Siberia, THAAD, US hegemony
September 22, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Below I respond to the negative scenario for Sino-Russian relations, as presented by Brian Carlson, and attempt to discern the most realistic outcome for how this relationship will […]

Gregory Shtraks

Eurasian Economic Union, G20, One Belt One Road, Russia Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, US hegemony
September 22, 2016 Review Article
Chinese Perspectives on Economic Diplomacy

With China’s growing economic (and political) clout, economic diplomacy has become an important tool in Chinese foreign policy. Beijing has provided extensive inducements in the form of aid […]

Audrye Wong

ASEAN, Asian Infrastructural Investment Bank, One Belt One Road, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea